content tagged with human rights violations

Criminal complaint over racist writing on school stairs

Criminal complaint over racist writing on school stairs

Bar Association of Şırnak filed a criminal complaint about writings on the stairs of a secondary school in Bursa, one of which says "Either speak Turkish or keep quiet!"

14 November 2022

Study: Kurds in Türkiye think human rights situation worse than 90s

Study: Kurds in Türkiye think human rights situation worse than 90s

The results of a new study by Tahir Elçi Human Rights Foundation and Rawest show that Kurds living in different parts of Türkiye believe that mostly Kurds, women, children and poor are subjected to violations of human rights and that "the right to live" is a mostly violated right.

2 November 2022 Ruken Tuncel

‘This is Turkey; this is how things work here’: Imprisoned refugees deprived of basic rights

REFUGEES BEHIND BARS

‘This is Turkey; this is how things work here’: Imprisoned refugees deprived of basic rights

“There are many foreigners in prisons of Turkey who cannot even make phone calls with their families,” said bianet Aylin Çelikçi from CİSST.

‘They don’t want us to seek justice’

GEZI FAMILIES SPEAK OUT

‘They don’t want us to seek justice’

“It is a political decision,” says Adnan Cömert, the brother of Abdullah Cömert, who died after being hit with a tear gas cartridge in Hatay during the Gezi Resistance in 2013.

PACE urges Turkey to stop harassing the opposition

ANKARA SHARPLY CRTICIZED BY EUROPE

PACE urges Turkey to stop harassing the opposition

Parliamentary Assembly of The Council of Europe warns Turkey that Council of Europe membership might be at stake unless human rights, democracy and rule of law are reinstated and harassment of the opposition is immediately ended.

24 October 2020

Artists Urge Merkel to Bring Up Rights Violations

Artists Urge Merkel to Bring Up Rights Violations

Artists amongst whom are Sibel Kekilli and Fatih Akın have called on German Chancellor Merkel to bring up rights violations in Turkey prior to Merkel-Davutoğlu meeting.

22 January 2016

178 Deaths Mark the First Half of 2012 in the East

HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

178 Deaths Mark the First Half of 2012 in the East

Some 15,109 rights violations took place in eastern Turkey during the first half of 2012, according to a report by the Human Rights Association (IHD.) A total of 56 security personnel and 122 militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) also lost their lives during the same period.

Thousands of Arrests, Dozens of Deaths in Prisons

2011 RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

Thousands of Arrests, Dozens of Deaths in Prisons

In a joint statement issued during the human rights week, the human rights associations TİHV and İHD noted that custodies and arrests of the investigations into the KCK, the Hopa incidents and the Revolutionary Headquarter reached massive dimensions.

13 December 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Journalist Birand's Confession on PKK News

Journalist Birand's Confession on PKK News

Journalist Birand claimed in a column that a part of the news about the PKK is made up by the journalist and not based on true data. Journalist Başlangıç commented that many of his colleagues are superficial on the Kurdish question because they do not know the area.

14 October 2010 Semra Pelek

2009: 36 Deaths in Prison, 36 Deaths for Ignoring "Stop Warning"

İHD-TİHV 2009 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

2009: 36 Deaths in Prison, 36 Deaths for Ignoring "Stop Warning"

According to the annual report of the Turkish rights organizations İHD and TİHV for 2009, 36 people died in prison, 6 in detention, 61 were shot by village guards, 36 died for ignoring the police's "stop warning". 50 soldiers and 91 armed militants died in conflicts.

3 May 2010 Tolga Korkut

Local Elections in Turkey Cost 26 Lives

Human Rıghts Foundatıon Report

Local Elections in Turkey Cost 26 Lives

According to a report by the Human Rights Foundation, 26 people died and 370 were injured during local elections in March.

15 May 2009 Tolga Korkut

İHD Relases Annual Report

According to the human rights organization, 37 people died in prisons and 8 people died while under police custody. İHD chair Türkdoğan says, rights violations escalated.

“Violence Is On The Rise” Says Amnesty International

“Violence Is On The Rise” Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International presents its yearly report. With the freedom of expression violations, the Dink murder, the Malatya massacre, the police violation and the like, the section of the report about Turkey paints a bleak picture.

29 May 2008 Erhan Üstündağ

Parliamentary Committee Sees No Violations In May Day Brutality

Parliamentary Committee Sees No Violations In May Day Brutality

The AKP members of the Human Rights Committee reject the proposal to form a subcommittee for the investigation of the May Day incidents to determine the human right violations.

17 May 2008 Kerem Morgül

School Principle Beats And Injures 12 Students

A school principle beats up 12 students for not cleaning the school garden by hitting their hands with a big pair of compasses. The students are hospitalized and the principle is suspended until the investigation is completed.

15 May 2008 Tolga Korkut

Families Accuse Police For Torturing Their Kids

Families of the high school children who were tortured in the police station turn to the Association of Human Rights. They report the crime and the Public Prosecutor starts an investigation.

13 May 2008 Tolga Korkut

Dink's Lawyers Demand Countrywide Prosecution

Dink's Lawyers Demand Countrywide Prosecution

15 months later, with a hearing nearly every three months, the court has still not determined all the responsible parties in Hrant Dink’s murder trial. The lawyers do not think “a few young men planned the murder.”

27 April 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Coup General Evren Accused of Hypocrisy

The 78'ers Turkey Initiative has accused retired General Kenan Evren of hypocrisy.

28 September 2007 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Diyarbakir Lawyer: Officer's Confessions Carefully Timed

Diyarbakir Bar Association Tanrikulu says that soldiers only make confessions about their time in service when they are sure that the statute of limitations applies.

26 September 2007 Tolga Korkut

Retired Officer Admits Abuse of Position

Retired Officer Admits Abuse of Position

A retired army officer has published a book entitled "I have Seen Betrayal" in which he recounts incidents of the army abusing its position, creating fake battles and disguising soldiers as PKK militants.

26 September 2007 Tolga Korkut

12 September: Human Rights Violations

171 people died of torture, 49 were executed. 650,000 people were arrested for no reason.

14 September 2007 Hüsnü Öndül